Nomura International PLC (EPT)

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FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN

EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY ("RI") STATUS (OR WHERE RI STATUS IS NOT APPLICABLE)

Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1.         KEY INFORMATION

(a) Name of exempt principal trader:

Nomura International Plc

(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:

Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree

Glencore International Plc

(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:

Xstrata Plc

(d) Date position held/dealing undertaken:

23 January 2013

(e) Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer?                         

Yes, Xstrata Plc

2.         POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(a)        Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)

USD 0.01 ordinary

Interests

Short positions

Number

%

Number

%

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

9,658,768

0.136

5,871,708

0.083

(2) Derivatives (other than options):



1,994,944

0.028

(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:





TOTAL:

9,658,768

0.136

7,866,652

0.111

Class of relevant security:

5% guaranteed convertible bonds due December 2014

Interests

Short positions

Number

%

Number

%

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:



1,100,000

0.048

(2) Derivatives (other than options):





(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:





TOTAL:



1,100,000

0.048

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open derivative or option positions, or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

(b)        Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and other executive options)

Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:

Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:


If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.

3.         DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(a)        Purchases and sales

Class of relevant security

Purchase/sale

Number of securities

Price per unit

Ordinary shares

Purchase

3,147

3.8325

Ordinary shares

Purchase

3,169

3.8335

Ordinary shares

Purchase

3,327

3.8345

Ordinary shares

Purchase

1,095

3.8350

Ordinary shares

Purchase

2,496

3.8355

Ordinary shares

Purchase

1,460

3.8360

Ordinary shares

Purchase

633

3.8365

Ordinary shares

Purchase

4,501

3.8370

Ordinary shares

Purchase

4,168

3.8375

Ordinary shares

Purchase

257,759

3.8380

Ordinary shares

Purchase

4,999

3.8385

Ordinary shares

Purchase

832

3.8390

Ordinary shares

Purchase

1,380,276

3.8394

Ordinary shares

Purchase

1,532

3.8400

Ordinary shares

Purchase

2,628

3.8405

Ordinary shares

Purchase

832

3.8410

Ordinary shares

Purchase

2,958

3.8415

Ordinary shares

Purchase

1,664

3.8420

Ordinary shares

Purchase

2,293

3.8425

Ordinary shares

Purchase

1,515

3.8430

Ordinary shares

Purchase

2,496

3.8435

Ordinary shares

Purchase

832

3.8440

Ordinary shares

Purchase

1,506

3.8445

Ordinary shares

Purchase

1,960

3.8450

Ordinary shares

Purchase

5,156

3.8455

Ordinary shares

Purchase

9,696

3.8460

Ordinary shares

Purchase

2,320

3.8465

Ordinary shares

Purchase

13,382

3.8475

Ordinary shares

Purchase

10,718

3.8480

Ordinary shares

Purchase

3,417

3.8485

Ordinary shares

Purchase

7,063

3.8490

Ordinary shares

Purchase

8,550

3.8495

Ordinary shares

Purchase

22,591

3.8500

Ordinary shares

Purchase

19,074

3.8505

Ordinary shares

Purchase

35,105

3.8510

Ordinary shares

Purchase

8,700

3.8515

Ordinary shares

Purchase

21,685

3.8520

Ordinary shares

Purchase

10,019

3.8525

Ordinary shares

Purchase

10,991

3.8530

Ordinary shares

Purchase

15,779

3.8535

Ordinary shares

Purchase

17,823

3.8535

Ordinary shares

Purchase

15,016

3.8540

Ordinary shares

Purchase

1,373

3.8545

Ordinary shares

Purchase

1,123

3.8550

Ordinary shares

Purchase

6,787

3.8555

Ordinary shares

Purchase

30,971

3.8560

Ordinary shares

Purchase

4,973

3.8565

Ordinary shares

Purchase

14,757

3.8570

Ordinary shares

Purchase

8,419

3.8575

Ordinary shares

Purchase

7,735

3.8580

Ordinary shares

Purchase

18,815

3.8585

Ordinary shares

Purchase

14,793

3.8590

Ordinary shares

Purchase

19,328

3.8595

Ordinary shares

Purchase

11,868

3.8600

Ordinary shares

Purchase

15,158

3.8605

Ordinary shares

Purchase

3,790

3.8610

Ordinary shares

Purchase

500

3.8615

Ordinary shares

Purchase

5,236

3.8620

Ordinary shares

Purchase

3,260

3.8625

Ordinary shares

Purchase

830

3.8630

Ordinary shares

Purchase

13,636

3.8635

Ordinary shares

Purchase

829

3.8640

Ordinary shares

Purchase

2,355

3.8645

Ordinary shares

Purchase

10,815

3.8650

Ordinary shares

Purchase

3,527

3.8655

Ordinary shares

Purchase

1,741

3.8660

Ordinary shares

Purchase

1,585

3.8670

Ordinary shares

Purchase

3,327

3.8675

Ordinary shares

Purchase

829

3.8680

Ordinary shares

Purchase

500

3.8685

Ordinary shares

Purchase

10,954

3.8690

Ordinary shares

Purchase

403

3.8695

Ordinary shares

Purchase

8,768

3.8700

Ordinary shares

Purchase

536

3.8705

Ordinary shares

Purchase

2,484

3.8720

Ordinary shares

Purchase

3,747

3.8725

Ordinary shares

Purchase

3,203

3.8750

Ordinary shares

Purchase

8,795

3.8760

Ordinary shares

Purchase

300

3.8775

Ordinary shares

Purchase

1,090

3.8780

Ordinary shares

Purchase

7,963

3.8800

Ordinary shares

Purchase

322

3.8815

Ordinary shares

Sale

2,690

3.8310

Ordinary shares

Sale

5,172

3.8315

Ordinary shares

Sale

14,520

3.8320

Ordinary shares

Sale

5,618

3.8325

Ordinary shares

Sale

581

3.8330

Ordinary shares

Sale

306

3.8335

Ordinary shares

Sale

1,200

3.8360

Ordinary shares

Sale

1,257

3.8365

Ordinary shares

Sale

2,548

3.8375

Ordinary shares

Sale

1,270,594

3.8380

Ordinary shares

Sale

20,923

3.8385

Ordinary shares

Sale

426

3.8400

Ordinary shares

Sale

601

3.8405

Ordinary shares

Sale

1,807

3.8420

Ordinary shares

Sale

2,298

3.8425

Ordinary shares

Sale

1,239

3.8435

Ordinary shares

Sale

336

3.8445

Ordinary shares

Sale

2,158

3.8450

Ordinary shares

Sale

300

3.8455

Ordinary shares

Sale

3,273

3.8460

Ordinary shares

Sale

461

3.8465

Ordinary shares

Sale

4,115

3.8470

Ordinary shares

Sale

3,627

3.8475

Ordinary shares

Sale

14,934

3.8480

Ordinary shares

Sale

6,000

3.8482

Ordinary shares

Sale

3,274

3.8485

Ordinary shares

Sale

92,367

3.8490

Ordinary shares

Sale

3,245

3.8490

Ordinary shares

Sale

7,772

3.8495

Ordinary shares

Sale

9,203

3.8500

Ordinary shares

Sale

1,116

3.8505

Ordinary shares

Sale

3,030

3.8510

Ordinary shares

Sale

5,364

3.8515

Ordinary shares

Sale

32,809

3.8520

Ordinary shares

Sale

12,282

3.8525

Ordinary shares

Sale

5,792

3.8530

Ordinary shares

Sale

7,126

3.8535

Ordinary shares

Sale

10,502

3.8540

Ordinary shares

Sale

1,356

3.8545

Ordinary shares

Sale

10,328

3.8550

Ordinary shares

Sale

857

3.8552

Ordinary shares

Sale

26,328

3.8555

Ordinary shares

Sale

34,517

3.8560

Ordinary shares

Sale

26,869

3.8565

Ordinary shares

Sale

9,048

3.8570

Ordinary shares

Sale

3,988

3.8575

Ordinary shares

Sale

658

3.8580

Ordinary shares

Sale

5,419

3.8585

Ordinary shares

Sale

9,779

3.8590

Ordinary shares

Sale

1,176

3.8595

Ordinary shares

Sale

23,797

3.8600

Ordinary shares

Sale

4,544

3.8605

Ordinary shares

Sale

1,196

3.8610

Ordinary shares

Sale

700

3.8615

Ordinary shares

Sale

4,481

3.8620

Ordinary shares

Sale

3,006

3.8625

Ordinary shares

Sale

10,805

3.8630

Ordinary shares

Sale

3,222

3.8640

Ordinary shares

Sale

828

3.8645

Ordinary shares

Sale

971

3.8650

Ordinary shares

Sale

4,045

3.8665

Ordinary shares

Sale

330

3.8670

Ordinary shares

Sale

6,704

3.8680

Ordinary shares

Sale

828

3.8685

Ordinary shares

Sale

4,586

3.8690

Ordinary shares

Sale

2,287

3.8695

Ordinary shares

Sale

3,988

3.8700

Ordinary shares

Sale

1,445

3.8705

Ordinary shares

Sale

2,668

3.8715

Ordinary shares

Sale

1,145

3.8720

Ordinary shares

Sale

3,276

3.8725

Ordinary shares

Sale

570

3.8730

Ordinary shares

Sale

105

3.8735

Ordinary shares

Sale

7,100

3.8739

Ordinary shares

Sale

880

3.8740

Ordinary shares

Sale

186

3.8745

Ordinary shares

Sale

2,597

3.8750

Ordinary shares

Sale

457

3.8760

Ordinary shares

Sale

4,689

3.8775

Ordinary shares

Sale

1,348

3.8800

Ordinary shares

Sale

1,728

3.8830

Ordinary shares

Sale

3,288

3.8835

Ordinary shares

Sale

402

3.8860

Ordinary shares

Sale

332

3.8870

Total Buy - 2,182,588

Total Sell - 1,799,723

Class of relevant security

Purchase/sale

Number of securities

Price per unit

(USD)





Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. CFD

Nature of dealing

e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position

Number of reference securities

Price per unit

Ordinary Shares

SWAP

Long

5,828

3.8380

Ordinary Shares

SWAP

Long

225,630

3.8569

Ordinary Shares

SWAP

Long

3,347

3.8613

Ordinary Shares

SWAP

Short

67,964

3.8432

Ordinary Shares

SWAP

Short

227,126

3.8567

(b)        Derivatives transactions (other than options)

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. CFD

Nature of dealing

e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position

Number of reference securities

Price per unit






(c)        Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security

Product description e.g. call option

Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.

Number of securities to which option relates

Exercise price per unit

Type

e.g. American, European etc.

Expiry date

Option money paid/ received per unit









(ii)        Exercising

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. call option

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit





(d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security

Nature of dealing

e.g. subscription, conversion

Details

Price per unit (if applicable)




The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

4.         OTHER INFORMATION

(a)        Indemnity and other dealing arrangements

Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:

If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

None

(b)        Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any other person relating to:

(i)  the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or

(ii) the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced:

If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

None

(c)        Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

NO

Date of disclosure:

24/01/2013

Contact name:

Kyere Tabiri

Telephone number:

020 7102 1267

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel atmonitoring@disclosure.org.uk.  The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's dealing disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.


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